# C_2008017EN.01001701.xml

| 24.1.2008 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 17/17 |
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24.1.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 17/17

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Re-notification of a previously notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4898 — Compagnie de Saint-Gobain/Maxit)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 17/12)

| 1. | On 22 October 2007, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of a Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which the undertaking which the undertaking Compagnie de Saint-Gobain (‘Saint-Gobain’, France) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation control of the whole of the undertaking Maxit (‘Maxit’, Sweden) by way of purchase of shares (2). |
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On 22 October 2007, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of a Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which the undertaking which the undertaking Compagnie de Saint-Gobain (‘Saint-Gobain’, France) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation control of the whole of the undertaking Maxit (‘Maxit’, Sweden) by way of purchase of shares (2).

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| 2. | This notification has been declared incomplete on 21 November 2007. The undertakings concerned have now provided the further information required. The notification became complete within the meaning of Article 10(1) of Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 on 15 January 2008. |
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This notification has been declared incomplete on 21 November 2007. The undertakings concerned have now provided the further information required. The notification became complete within the meaning of Article 10(1) of Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 on 15 January 2008.

| 3. | The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:






  — | for Saint-Gobain: production, sale and distribution of construction materials, including mortars and gypsum, |
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The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

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for Saint-Gobain: production, sale and distribution of construction materials, including mortars and gypsum,

| — | for Maxit: production and sale of mortars, gypsum and exclay; design and assembly of premix equipment for premix manufacturers. |
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for Maxit: production and sale of mortars, gypsum and exclay; design and assembly of premix equipment for premix manufacturers.

| 4. | The Commission invites interested third parties to submit their possible observations on the proposed operation to the Commission.
  Observations must reach the Commission not later than 10 days following the date of this publication. Observations can be sent to the Commission by fax ((32-2) 296 43 01 or 296 72 44) or by post, under reference number COMP/M.4898 — Compagnie de Saint-Gobain/Maxit, to the following address:





  Commission of the European Communities |
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| Competition DG |
| Merger Registry |
| Rue Joseph II/Jozef II-straat 70 |
| B-1000 Bruxelles/Brussel |

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The Commission invites interested third parties to submit their possible observations on the proposed operation to the Commission.

Observations must reach the Commission not later than 10 days following the date of this publication. Observations can be sent to the Commission by fax ((32-2) 296 43 01 or 296 72 44) or by post, under reference number COMP/M.4898 — Compagnie de Saint-Gobain/Maxit, to the following address:

Commission of the European Communities

Competition DG

Merger Registry

Rue Joseph II/Jozef II-straat 70

B-1000 Bruxelles/Brussel

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(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.

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(2)  OJ C 257, 30.10.2007, p. 50.

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